July 4 The Heart of St. Paul
All of us have lofty goals.Many of us make resolutions at the beginning of the new year and make special promises during Lent. While we have the best of intentions, it does not take long for other things to get in the way that cause us to “re-think” our original goals.
One of the most common faith resolutions that people make is “I am going to pray more. I’ll say a daily rosary or make a Holy Hour or just spend time talking to God.” Then, family issues, and job responsibilities and busyness get the best of us and we forget to pray or say we just don’t have time to pray.
St. Paul addresses this directly at the end of Romans chapter 8. For him, failure to pray is in a way a failure to love God. We can’t or won’t make time to talk with our most important Benefactor and Defender, to discuss our joys and sorrows because “we are just too busy.” St. Paul writes: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or the sword? No. In all these things we are conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor heights nor depths, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God allows nothing to get in the way of his love for us. His love endures forever.
St. Paul reminds us that no matter what happens in this life , we must not separate ourselves from God. Prayers unites us to him. It gives us strength, determination and hope. Let us make a promise to God and to ourselves that no matter what happens, no matter how busy we may be, that we never abandon prayer to God. All things are conquered through him, even in the craziness and challenges of our lives.
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